by Ira Wolfe | Feb 16, 2014 | Employment Testing
Costly Turnover results when HR executives undervalue mental skills. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch some water. Jack and Jill each had a 5 gallon container. Jack’s container was shaped like a jug with a small mouth opening while Jill’s container...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 16, 2014 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
How to avoid interviewing Dr. Jekyll and Hiring Mr. Hyde Chris joined Best Builders about four years ago. Shortly after a stint at college and a few years of on-the-job training, Chris was hired. She was enthusiastic, personable and showed a positive attitude toward...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 16, 2014 | Employment Testing
Sharon is Randy’s manager. Randy is a nice young man. He’s a good father, devoted husband, and hard-working employee. Randy is completing his second year with the company. Sharon really likes Randy and wrote off his first lackluster year to inexperience....
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 11, 2014 | Employment Testing
Everyone has an Achilles heel. No one is a perfect match. Circumstances change. Coworkers and team members change. Competitors change. We all reach a point that takes us out of or beyond our comfort zone and natural talent. What was once a perfect match becomes a bit...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 7, 2014 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
Are you troubled by high employee turnover? Attracting too many unqualified applicants? Wasting time interviewing high risk candidates? Listen to The High Cost of a Bad Hire – Ira S. Wolfe, Recruiting and Hiring Top Talent According to a 2013 Gallup survey...
by Ira Wolfe | Jan 23, 2014 | Employment Testing
How do you interview for integrity? That’s a question Tom Foster asked in a recent post. His reply: “You can interview for anything that you can connect to behavior.” The first step in the process seems obvious. How does a person who has integrity behave? Describing...
